Take 2: An Exhibition of new works by Rolf Sachs

29th April - 17th May '08

Phillips de Pury & Company
9 Howick Place
London, UK SW1P 1BB

A range of new limited edition pieces designed by Rolf Sachs will be shown alongside his bronze furniture and neon lights in the new European headquarters of Phillips de Pury auction house.

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Absent Nature: International Designer Arik Levy

28th April - 02 May '08

Wright Boutique and Auction House
Chicago, USA

Internationally acclaimed designer Arik Levy is presenting work in a week long exhibition at the Wright Boutique and Auction House, Chicago.

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Design Auction

24th April '08

Phillips de Pury & Company
9 Howick Place
London SW1P 1AE
Enquiries +44 20 7318 4010

Phillips de Pury & Company will be hosting the inaugural Design auction at the their new European headquarters in Victoria, London, Thursday 24th April, 2008 at 2pm.

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Spazio Rossana Orlandi

April 16th - April 21st '08

Via Matteo Bandello 14-16
20123 Milano, Italy

Perhaps the single installation not to be missed in Milan this year can be found at the Spazio Rossana Orlandi, where work by a number of designers including Jamie Hayon and Karen Ryan is featured throughout the multi-roomed space.

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Established & Sons Milan 2008

April 16th - April 20th '08

La Pelota, Via Palermo 10
Milan, Italy

Established & Sons will be hosting their biggest show in the design calendar for this year's Salone Internazionale del Moblile.

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Abitare Talks at Milan Furniture Fair

April 16th-19th '08

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
20100 Milan, Italy

On the occasion of the 2008 edition of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, Storefront for Art and Architecture and Abitare magazine will present a new version of the Ring Dome pavilion.

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Grand Danois - Next Generation Danish Design

16th April - 21st April '08

Instituto Italiano de Fotografia
Via Forcella 7 (off Via Tortona)
Milan, Italy

Denmark Exchanges Old Masters For New Designers

Danish design has come a long way in the last five to ten years and Henrik Høyer and Mads Arlien-Søborg the organisers of Grand Danois realised that the world hadn’t quite woken up to
this fact.

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Design Education Cleans Up?

B. Salton

Plans for a groundbreaking new school in Bath have recently been approved by the local council. This pioneering specialist school for design and engineering is the dream of Sir James Dyson.

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Powerchair

Guillaume Drapier

Solid American oak - 160x45x120 - 2007

"Without resistance, no power is possible "
"Discipline begins, first of all, with the distribution of individuals in space"
Michel Foucault in Discipline and punishment, 1975

Each of these chairs needs another one to exist as a sitting device.

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Meta Launch

16th April - 21st April \08

Officine Fiorentini, Via Savona 35 Milan, Italy

The European launch of a new company, Meta, at the Salone Del Mobile 2008, celebrates the culmination of three years of intensive preparation and a unique collaboration among five designers, Barber Osgerby, Tord Boontje, Matali Crasset, Wales and Wales and Asymptote, alongside a select team of master-craftsmen.

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SWAROVSKI Crystal Palace

16th April - 21st April '08

Via Savona 56, Zona Tortona
Milan, Italy

Swarovski, the world’s leading manufacturer of precision cut crystal have carefully selected group of creators to design an atmosphere, which include items of lighting, furniture and interior design elements.

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